How affiliate links work on InviteDrop

InviteDrop is free for everyone who uses it. There are no ads, no coins, no paywalls, and no premium tier. To keep it that way, we participate in a small number of affiliate programs that pay us a commission when a reader clicks one of our recommendations and goes on to make a purchase.

What an affiliate link actually is

An affiliate link is just a normal link to a product or service, with a small identifier attached that tells the retailer the click came from us. If you click an affiliate link in one of our guides and you end up buying something on that retailer's site, the retailer pays InviteDrop a small commission. The price you pay is exactly the same. There is no surcharge, no “affiliate price”, no markup. Commissions come out of the retailer's margin, not your wallet.

Programs we currently participate in

As of the date above, InviteDrop is an active participant in the following affiliate programs:

• Amazon Associates Program — an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

We're actively applying to additional programs to expand the retailers we can support directly. When a program is added, we update this page.

How we use them in our content

Affiliate links appear in our guides and reviews on the InviteDrop blog — specifically in articles where we compare or recommend gift registries, wedding planning tools, or celebration products. We pick what we recommend based on what we actually think is good for the reader. We do not get paid to place a product, and a commercial relationship with a retailer does not buy a positive mention.

Inside the InviteDrop invitation app itself, when an event host adds a gift-registry link to their invitation (for example, a link to their Amazon baby registry), the link is preserved as-is. We may attach an affiliate identifier at the moment a guest clicks the link if the retailer is one we participate with, so that any resulting purchase supports the free product. The destination URL the host pasted is unchanged in every other way.

Editorial independence

No retailer pays us to include them in a guide. No retailer can edit or approve what we write. If a product or service is on this site and we have an affiliate relationship with the retailer, that's because we thought the product or service was worth including, and the affiliate program happened to exist — not the other way around.

FTC compliance

This page exists because the U.S. Federal Trade Commission requires sites that earn affiliate commissions to disclose that fact clearly. This is our clear disclosure. Individual guides may also include short reminders that some of the links in that guide are affiliate links.

Questions

If you have a question about how affiliate links work on InviteDrop or want to flag something that looks unclear, email hello@invitedrop.com and a real person will respond within 24 hours.